Category: General

Despite having no constitutional authority to do so President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the nation’s governors to allow churches and all houses of worship to reopen “right away.” He threatened to “override” any governor who did not. To support his actions he declared churches “essential.” ¹

$135 billion of your tax money is going straight to the millionaires including Trump himself and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. ²

Leading members of Congress and a broad coalition of advocacy groups seek to repeal a huge tax break for millionaires included in the $2 trillion COVID aid package passed in late March known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act was supposed to offer much needed comfort to those suffering most from the pandemic. But hidden in the bill was an obscure provision allowing wealthy owners of noncorporate businesses, especially real estate firms and hedge funds, to leverage losses into huge tax savings and refunds. The cost of this Millionaires Giveaway: $135 billion, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. ³

Quote from Faithful America, May 24, 2020 ⁴ –

The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, has been recognized as one of the top 12 preachers in the English-speaking world — and after watching “The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery,” you’ll understand why.

In this must-see film, the Rev. Dr. Moss gives a prophetic examination of America’s history of slavery and greed, religion’s role in that history, and the responsibilities we as Christians have to address that legacy today.

“Never forget we are a people of the spirit, and as people of the spirit, we recognize something: That when we pray, we also protest.”